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bigdaddy

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  1. fonty, even if the wd40 works, its a good idea to replace the brake switch,
  2. Cheers tiny, anymore details on the company that you use (Serck Marston)
  3. Hi guys, so as long as I don't mix colours I can stick any type of antifreeze in the gal, just need to sort the rad, i have some radweld in it at the mo, but in the long term it needs replaced,,,,,, cheers
  4. Where all gals fitted with global closure, I thought it was just the ghia,,,,,,,,,,,could you not pull the switch and use a jumper wire in the multi plug,,, just to rule out the switch :lol:
  5. Hi guys, I need to replace the rad on my gal, I cannot afford ford prices, I noticed on ebay the v6 rad looks the same as the 2.3, can anybody confirm this or is there an alternative, ie: the rad from a 2.3 scorpio cheers bigd oh forgot to ask,,,,,went to ford for anti freeze and they tried to sell me the usual blue stuff, but its green antifreeze in my gal, so, is it ok to use the blue stuff, parts guy was sure he was correct??????
  6. I had a similiar problem on an espace, turned out the rear callipers where siezing and I had to replace both callipers
  7. Royal Bank of Scotland :lol:
  8. could be a faulty thermostat, check the rad for cold spots then check the the stat
  9. Hi guys, I got a good result, Five years worth of charges adds up to
  10. From Ford or your original key
  11. ooooohhh,,,,,,,think you need new kids, not a new house,,,,,,,,,,,,, :46:
  12. get yourself a haynes manual it explains what is needed to do the job, from what I read its not difficult just awkward and time consuming
  13. Hi, on water based paints I usually soak the area with water, and the use an old towel to dry, on oil based paints its the white spirit in little amounts then give it a soapy wash and use the old towel to dry did you not put protect material down on the carpet before you painted,,,,,,,,,,,,, :46: p.s forgot to say that was for drips of the brush/roller not full tin of paint spills,,,,,,,,,,,,
  14. My gal is a 98 ghia and its got rotating and heated seats, niks post is right about the way the seats rotate :( Just noticed the OP has a SEAT, where the rotating seats only fitted to a gal?
  15. Cheers Nik, the guy at work said its not been available for the last 80+ years and what was replanted in its place will not be ready for 100+ years, when he told me that, I thought,,,,,yeah right,,,,,,,,,,,but i done a little google searching, and it seems he is right,,,,,,,,,, Thanks again
  16. Hi guys, I can get a some pitch pine from work (roof trusses from an 1850 built warehouse) I am going to use this for exposed trimmings on my boat, Any idea how hard this wood is and is it suitable for external trimmings, someone at work said it was the best hardwood ever! And its no longer available, unless its reclaimed,,,,,,,,,,,,or should i go and buy some mahogany. cheers for your help :rolleyes: p.s. i am going to paint the wood, rather than varnish
  17. Can you put your car details in your signature, helps to know what you got, i would be inclined to suspect the ignition switch, or faulty instrument cluster
  18. fitted straights instead of banana type, as that was all they had, and I needed to replace them asap, and they work great no problems, got mine from halfods for 19.99 early last year
  19. Think the ratios in the gearbox/fial drive maybe different, as for the gearbox casing fitting the 2.3 sorry dont know
  20. Does it only happen at 3000rpm, what happens if you don't lift off and reapply the gas, Is the 1997 desiel fly by wire, might be a faulty pedal assembly, Dont know much about the desiel, so i will probably be wrong :lol:
  21. Mo4 its not your tracking, that would cause your gal to pull to the left or right.
  22. Halfords were selling the navman pin 570 for a
  23. I bought a new desktop PC in November and got a free Vista Upgrade Voucher, I had to send it to the netherlands with my reciept and
  24. Well I got my reply from my bank, they are sending me statements for the last 5 years (free of charge) and I am to highlit the unfair charges and they will consider wether to return them or not, maybe I should remind them of a Mr Purcell from london, who has bigger balls than the bank :) P.S my account is with the RBS :)
  25. Try This you could use the above as an alternative to replacing the remote,,,,,,,,I and several others fitted them and there great
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